[Douluo Dalu] Hu Liena

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, at 1:00 a.m., the meeting in the Pope's Palace had concluded, and all the soul masters walked out of the Pope's Palace in an endless stream, going down the stone steps towards the palace road.

Everyone moved forward in unison, only a beautiful figure walked in the opposite direction. This person was Hu Liena. She was wearing a white soft smoke gauze, holding a multi-layered food box made of bamboo and wood in her hand, and was walking step by step along the stone steps towards the Pope's Palace.

She pondered all the way, but she couldn't figure out why Qian Jifeng insisted on letting her carry the food box to the Pope's Palace at this time. Recalling that when the old coachman asked her to deliver the food box, he looked very solemn and said, "Send the contents of the box to His Majesty, and he will tell you something you want to know when you get to the Pope's Palace!"

Hu Liena thought of New Year's Eve, when she and Qian Jifeng returned to Fengchen Hall from Nanyuan, it was close to Yinshi. The south courtyard is far away from Fengchen Hall, but if you go through the plum grove in the flower garden, you can reduce the distance by half. The garden is a forbidden area ordered by Qian Jifeng. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Only he can come and go at will. Qian Jifeng chose this shortcut this time. Bibi Dong used the reason that it was dark and asked the two maids next to her to each hold a green lantern to illuminate the two of them along the way.

At that time, the crescent moon and the bright stars were still hanging high in the sky. Hu Liena looked at the center of the crescent moon hanging in the night sky and suddenly felt lonely. She wondered if there were any relatives of hers under the same starry sky looking at the lonely starry sky like her.

Qian Jifeng, who was walking in front, saw that she was looking at the bright moon in the sky without following her, so he stopped and asked, "Why don't you go?"

His tone was strong, as if he was questioning. Hu Liena didn't look at the moonlight in the sky anymore and just replied casually: "It's nothing, let's go!"

Qian Jifeng did not move forward, he raised his eyes and looked at the night sky. After a long time, he seemed to think of something, and then said: "That day in the worship hall, you claimed to be looking for the moon, but was it because of the evil moon?"

Hu Liena, who had already walked to the path ahead, couldn't help but turn around after hearing his words, looked at him intently, and said seriously: "Do you know him?"

Qian Jifeng's lips raised slightly, "Of course!"

Hu Liena was secretly happy and asked, "Then do you know where he is?"

Qian Jifeng said lightly: "I remember someone told me where he went a few days ago, but I couldn't remember it for a while. I'll think about it when I go back, and I'll tell you when I think of it!"

After saying that, he grabbed the green lantern from the maid's hand and strode towards the courtyard wall of Fengchen Hall alone.

Delivering snacks is usually done by the maids in the palace, but after hearing the old man's words, she could tell something she wanted to know, so she guessed it must be this, so she took the food box without any further hesitation.

From the Fengchen Palace to the Pope's Palace, there were many strange looks from all around, just like when she and Bibi Dong's maid walked to the South Courtyard on New Year's Eve. After careful observation, I found that almost all of the people talking about her secretly were women. Although there were some men who looked at her strangely, they were mostly appreciative. She secretly wondered why these women started whispering to each other when they saw her from a distance, wanting to get closer to hear what they were talking about, but they just went about their business as if nothing had happened and stopped talking.

I don't know whether it was because I was too absorbed in thinking or because I was looking down at the stone steps under my feet, but I accidentally bumped into a soul master walking out of the Pope's Palace.

The man fell down and was a little embarrassed. Hu Liena quickly put down the food box in her hand and went to help him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too absorbed in thinking just now and bumped into you!"

The man had a handsome appearance, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and was dressed in an elegant Su Luo. After falling down, he only looked at Hu Liena intently and saw that she was trying to help her forward. Although he said humbly, "I was not careful just now, I don't blame the girl!" But he just sat on the stone steps and let her help her, as if it was a matter of course.

After standing up, he straightened his clothes, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"

While speaking, he did not forget to raise his eyes to look at Hu Liena, but his eyes were a little confused.

Hu Liena returned the favor and said apologetically: "As long as you don't blame me! No need to say thank you!"

The man said: "Miss, are you the Moon-seeking girl who just entered the Wuhun Hall a few days ago?"

Hu Liena was a little surprised. How did the person in front of her recognize her? Since entering Wuhun Hall, she has spent most of her time in Fengchen Hall and rarely goes out. Because when she first arrived here, Qian Jifeng told her that this place was not as simple as she imagined. If she wanted to live, it was best not to fight with others. If her martial soul was exposed, she would definitely die. And the soul masters of Wuhun Palace are all the best in the mainland, and no one is convinced by anyone. They will challenge each other if they disagree with each other, and there are many who will compete with each other when they are in a hurry. In order to avoid exposing one's martial soul, the best way is to live in seclusion.

Hu Liena smiled and said: "Yes, I am Xun Yue." After hesitating for a moment, she asked: "I just saw you looking at me as if you were familiar with me. Do you... know me?"

The man paused, "You do look a lot like the person I used to know, but..."

"But what?" Hu Liena continued.

"It's nothing... maybe I recognized the wrong person!" After saying that, the man cupped his hands and said, "I have something important to do, so I'll take my leave first!"

Hu Liena said with a little loss: "Young master, please do it!"

After saying that, he picked up the food box and walked towards the Pope's Palace. As the man descended the stone steps and entered the palace passage, he looked back at Hu Liena's back and then walked forward.

Entering the Papal Palace, there was no one inside. She looked around, and every tree and object here gave her a feeling of déjà vu. He reached out and brushed through the door and window in front of the hall, and unknowingly entered a room in the side hall. There is no one here. A half-old imperial desk is placed in a conspicuous position, with pens, inks, paper and inkstones placed on it, and many official documents stacked on both sides to the same height as the pens.

Behind the imperial desk is a wall of bookcases, with countless books of all kinds placed on them, and there is nowhere to put them. Hu Liena looked at the cabinet of books in a daze, and suddenly a voice came from her ear.

"What are you looking at, so engrossed?"

Hu Liena suddenly came back to her senses. She didn't know when Qian Lonely was standing beside her, but she didn't notice it at all.

"You asked me to come here, wouldn't it be as simple as delivering some food?"

Qian Jifeng smiled slightly and said: "That's all!"

Hu Liena didn't believe this. It seemed to her that Qian Jifeng was very scheming. Since he wanted to tell her Xie Yue's whereabouts and why he had to ask her to come to the Pope's Palace to tell her about it, he must have other purposes.

Since he didn't say anything, Hu Liena stopped talking and said directly: "In that case, I have delivered what you want. Now can you tell me what I want to know?"

"No hurry, tell me first, what were you looking at just now?"

When he said this, Hu Liena couldn't help but look at the bookcase on the wall again. Qian Jifeng followed her gaze and looked at the countless cabinets full of books.

After a long time, Hu Liena said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that this bookcase shouldn't be placed here!"

"Shouldn't it be placed here?"

Qian Jifeng continued and looked at the bookcase on the wall carefully. Then he seemed to have thought of something and rummaged around on the bookcase.

When I turned over an ancient book covered with dust, I found that I couldn't pick it up because it was actually connected to the cabinet. After groping repeatedly and slowly pushing it in, the bookcase moved by itself like a door, revealing a secret room inside.

Qian Jifeng was slightly startled, he didn't know there was a secret room here. Looking back at Hu Liena, she also looked extremely surprised. But he knew that Hu Liena would think that this cabinet was not here originally, so she must have entered this secret room. Apart from Bibi Dong, he could not think of anyone else who took her in. As for why Bibi Dong built such a secret room, he had no way of knowing yet.

Qian Jifeng walked in without hesitation. The surroundings were pitch black without any light. He blew a fire stick and there was a little light in the darkness. There were a few steps ahead, slowly going down, and several torches on the stone wall were lit by fire rods, and the entire secret room suddenly became brighter.

The secret room is very spacious. At the entrance are rows of neatly arranged bookshelves with various books about martial arts on them. Further inside, there is a table about two meters long, with only one book placed on it. Qian Jifeng picked up the book, flicked the dust on it, and flipped through it.

Thought: This book has a unique view on Wuhun, but it’s just not like it was written by someone from the Wuhun Palace.

Looking to the side again, I saw a dilapidated wooden bed there. However, judging from the signs of collapse, it was not that it had decayed over time, but that it had been deliberately damaged.

Qian Jifeng secretly wondered, everything else in this secret room was intact, why could someone be unable to get through this bed alone?

Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be something underneath the collapsed bed board, which he almost missed. When I took it out, I found it was a small incense burner.

Hu Liena walked in unconsciously. She didn't remember whether she had been here before, but the furnishings inside didn't feel strange to her.

Seeing Qian Jifeng playing with an incense burner, he walked in and asked, "What is this?"

Qian Jifeng opened the lid of the incense burner. There was still a little incense ashes and a piece of unburned spices inside. He then twisted it and smelled the aroma.

After a long time, he said: "This delicate fragrance seems to be somewhat similar to the poison I was poisoned that day. Maybe it has been left for too long and the fragrance has faded."

Hu Liena thought of what Bibi Dong said that day. The poison Qianjifeng suffered was because those women did all sorts of things to him... 2

He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Why is such a thing placed here?"

Qian Jifeng suddenly remembered something Hu Liena had said in an inn covered with loess.

"Are you going to treat me like Qian Xunji treated your mother?"